ᠠᡳᡴᠠ

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Manchu

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Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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ᠠᡳᡴᠠ (aika)

  1. if; in case; supposing

Pronoun

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ᠠᡳᡴᠠ (aika)

  1. (interrogative) what
  2. something; anything
    • 1802, Yihing, 庸言知旨/An i gisun de amtan be sara bithe:
      ᠴᡝ
      ᠮᡠᠰᡝ ᡳ
      ᡠᠪᠠᡩᡝ
      ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
      ᠰᡝᠮᡝ
      ᡶᠣᠨᠵᡳᡥᠠᠣ᠉
      ce muse-i ubade aika seme fonjihao.
      Did they ask anything about our place here?

Adverb

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ᠠᡳᡴᠠ (aika)

  1. presumably; probably; seems as if
    • 1848, Pu Songling, translated by Jakdan, 擇飜聊齋志異/Sonjofi ubaliyambuha liyoo jai jy i bithe [Selected Short Stories by Liao Zhai in translation]:
      ᡥᠣ
      ᡧᡝᠩ
      ᡤᡠᠰᡠᠴᡠᠮᡝ
      ᠠᠯᡳᡧᠠᡥᠠᡳ᠈
      ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
      ᠸᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠪᡠᡥᠠ
      ᡤᡝᠰᡝ
      ho šeng gusucume ališahai, aika waliyabuha gese.
      He Sheng was unhappy; it seemed as if he lost (something).
    • 1894, Wan Fu, 重刻清文虚字指南編/Dasame foloho manju gisun i untuhun hergen i temgetu jorin bithe [Reprinted Guide Book of Manchu Function Words]:
      ᡝᡵᡝ
      ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ
      ᠪᡝ
      ᠠᡳᡴᠠ
      ᡳᠴᡳᡥᡳᠶᠠᠮᡝ
      ᠮᡠᡨᡝᡵᠠᡴᡡ ᡳ
      ᡤᡝᠰᡝ᠉
      ere baita be aika icihiyame muterakū-i gese.
      It seems that this thing could not be done.
  2. (rhetorical question) indicates a rhetorical question: surely it doesn't mean that..., is it possible that...